Central
Bureau of Statistics (CBS) is carrying out Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster
Survey-2014 on the condition of women and children in the country from February
21.
The survey
to be carried out in support with UNICEF will collect data of 13,000
households, including women aged between 15-49 years and children below five
years from 520 different clusters across the country, according to the CBS. The
target locations would comprise of 126 clusters from three urban and 394 rural
areas. Twenty five households would be included in each cluster.
According to
UNICEF representative to Nepal Hanna Singer, the five-year interval of survey which
had been conducted in 50 countries since 1995 has been reduced to three from this
year. "Such a survey is being conducted in 40 countries, including Nepal,
Pakistan, Vietnam and Kenya," she said, adding that the findings of the
survey will contribute to monitoring the progress made by the concerned country
to improve the condition of women and children as indicated in Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) to be achieved by 2015.
Female
enumerators will be mobilised for interviewing women so that they feel
comfortable discussing about their reproductive health and rights, the use of
contraceptive, maternal and child health care, and domestic violence. Likewise,
the questionnaire related to children will have immunisation, early child care
and development, breastfeeding and birth registration. The survey also aims at finding
out the situation of child nutrition, applying anthropometry to measure
children's height and weight.
In addition to the target data, e.coli – a harmful germ found in drinking water – will also be physically tested in each household during the survey. It will be the first time that any national survey has included the test of e.coli in the drinking water that is the key cause of disease.
In addition to the target data, e.coli – a harmful germ found in drinking water – will also be physically tested in each household during the survey. It will be the first time that any national survey has included the test of e.coli in the drinking water that is the key cause of disease.
The survey that
begins from the Kathmandu Valley on February 21 will be extended to all the
five development regions and be complete within the next five months.
After the
survey, a preliminary report will be prepared – by September – and the final
report will be presented to the UN secretary general in March 2015.
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